Major Orders

Major Orders

male
Christian, Holy Orders, minor orders, Counter-Reformation, subdeacon, chasuble
The term major orders was a part of the clerical terminology of the Roman Catholic Church until shortly after the Second Vatican Council, when the...
Pope John I

Pope John I

male, deceased (526)
bishop, Arianism, Saint, arian, ravenna, pope…subdeacon
Pope John I was Pope from 523 to 526. He was a native of Tuscany, and was very old and frail by the time he was elected to the papacy. Despite his...

Latino Orsini

male, deceased (1477)
cardinal, Italian, Papal States, College of Cardinal, papal legate, subdeacon
Latino Orsini (1411-11 August1477) was an Italian Cardinal. He was of Roman branch of the Orsini family and the owner of rich possessions, He...
Rainald Of Dassel

Rainald Of Dassel

male, deceased (1167)
Roman Catholic bishop, Archbishop of Cologne, saxon, saxony, catholic church, provost…subdeacon
Rainald of Dassel (c. 1120 - August 14, 1167 near Rome) was archbishop of Cologne from 1159 to 1167 and archchancellor of Italy. He was preceded as...

Theodard

male, deceased (893)
Saint, French, Benedictine, bishop, consecrated, abbey…subdeacon
Saint Theodard (Théodard was an archbishop of Narbonne. He may have been born to the nobility and served as a subdeacon at a church council at T...

John Shert

male, deceased (1582)
executed under the Tudors, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, Tudor clergy, execution, Brasenose College, rheims…subdeacon
Blessed John Shert was an English Catholic priest and martyr, who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was born at Shert Hall near...

George Nichols

male, deceased (1589)
catholic church, constituent college, executed under the Tudors, Tudor clergy, rheims, St Paul's School…subdeacon
Blessed George Nichols was an English Catholic martyr. Born at Oxford in 1550, George Nichols entered Brasenose College, a constituent college of...
William Way

William Way

male, deceased (1588)
executed under the Tudors, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, tudor, execution, executed by hanging, drawing and quartering, newgate…subdeacon
The Venerable William Way (alias May, alias Flower) (died 1588) was an English priest and martyr. Way was born in the Diocese of Exeter, although...
Saint Quadragesimus

Saint Quadragesimus

male
Baronio, catholic church, Policastro, shepherd, miracle, resurrection…subdeacon
Saint Quadragesimus (d. end of 6th century) is venerated as a confessor by the Catholic Church. Tradition states that he was a shepherd who lived...

Adalbert Of Hamburg

male, deceased (1072)
Archbishop of Hamburg, Archbishop of Bremen, Wends, Early 11th century bishop, albert, Late 11th century Roman Catholic bishop…subdeacon
Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen (also Albert; c. 1000 - March 16, 1072) was a German prelate, who was Archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 1043 until his...